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I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.
Maurice Sendak
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Maurice Sendak
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: June 10
Died: 2012
Died: May 8
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Maurice Bernard Sendak
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We all want to be renewed, don't we?
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And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.
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Bumble-Ardy is a very wicked little child as far as I'm concerned. He's not to be trusted.
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I often went to bed without supper cause I hated my mother's cooking. So, to go to bed without supper was not a torture to me. If she was gonna hurt me, she'd make me eat.
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And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.
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The day after Paul Newman was dead, he was twice as dead.
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I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person.
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I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.
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What is the point of it all? Not leaving legacies. But being ripe. Being ripe.
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I'm not jaded. I never have been jaded. I've always been surprised at my success. I've always enjoyed it.
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Inside all of us is... hope. Inside all of us is... fear. Inside all of us is... adventure. Inside all of us is a wild thing.
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Kids lead a very private life.
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